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depravity

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de·prav·i·ty  (d-prv-t)
n. pl. de·prav·i·ties
1. Moral corruption or degradation.
2. A depraved act or condition.

depravity [dɪˈprævɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
the state or an instance of moral corruption
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.depravity - moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"
2.depravity - a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practicedepravity - a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society"
evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"

depravity
noun corruption, vice, evil, criminality, wickedness, immorality, iniquity, profligacy, debauchery, viciousness, degeneracy, sinfulness, debasement, turpitude, baseness, depravation, vitiation the absolute depravity that can exist in times of war
Quotations
"No one ever suddenly became depraved" [Juvenal Satires]
Translations
depravity [dɪˈprævɪtɪ] Ndepravación f
depravity [dɪˈprævɪti] n (= immorality) → dépravation f
depravity
depravity [dɪˈprævɪtɪ] n (frm) → depravazione f


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It was as though it were my most normal condition, and not in the least disease or depravity, so that at last all desire in me to struggle against this depravity passed.
Nothing less than a persuasion of universal depravity can lock up the charity of a good man; and this persuasion must lead him, I think, either into atheism, or enthusiasm; but surely it is unfair to argue such universal depravity from a few vicious individuals; nor was this, I believe, ever done by a man, who, upon searching his own mind, found one certain exception to the general rule.
There remains, then, the character between these two extremes,- -that of a man who is not eminently good and just,-yet whose misfortune is brought about not by vice or depravity, but by some error or frailty.
 
 
 
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